Talk:Union Banking Corporation/Archives/2013

theoretically on Union Bank
The article is theoretically on Union Bank -- so why all the anti-Bush stuff? And deleting a comment about this page not being NPOV is absurd -- all it does is prove the reviser is anti-Bush as well. MEanwhile, with Wikipedia being in the cross hairs of potential lawsuits about defamatory material, the editors should probably simply scratch this article entirely. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051211/pl_afp/usinternetitwikipedia_051211131428


 * Uh, if you want to dispute an article's POV, you do it properly, not amend it so that people can read your comments on the actual page. Like so. Escapeartist 19:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! A person gave me this article as "proof" of the Bush family being Nazis -- which somehow I find to be a dubious use of Wiki! Dec. 12, 2005


 * Perhaps a page with another heading such as "Bush family and Union Bank" would be appropriate. Certainly, the material should be available somwhere, and it is more than pertinent to Union Bank.  Deleting the issue altogether would show a terrible fear of power, not of NPOV...we must be carefule censuring wiki, it is our only source that is open to factual but unpopular information

Nontheless, this page is about Union bank, so lets make it a seperate page? what do you guys think?

- The article retains it's neutrality. It is stating fact readily obtainable in The National Archives. Prescott Bush was on the Board of Directors and he was in charge of UBC Operations. He would have to know what they were doing, who they were dealing with and where the funds were going and what they were being spent on.

- This isn't a case of Bush bashing as much as a statement of fact relating, which is what Wiki is for. The fact that P.Bush was in cahoots with the Nazis is not pertinent to the relating of the facts in the article but part of the facts. This entry should stand as is.

Nope. Too much silliness exists in Wiki already. Do you really want wiki to be tinfoilcentral? At this point, it may well be. 65.1.6.123 18:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


 * This article is just plain badly written. It's out of order, topically unfocused, mixes personal relationships (like the Yale stuff) with business, fails to establish certain questionable claims (like Harriman "gave" Walker the business -- ownership? presidency? stock? what?). The article shouldn't be a history or overview of the Harriman/Walker business, it should be treated as its own thing and handled with proper sourcing. I may get to fixing these problems at some point, but this is what I see at first glance. --Dhartung | Talk 07:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd agree about the quality of the writing. Most of the information seems essentially neutral, but several paragraphs need careful reading. If I re-wrote them I might resolve the confusion in the wrong way. Which Harriman gave which business to who? It makes sense if "the business" refers to W.A. Harriman & Co, and George Walker ran that, while also being on the board of UBC. But is that correct? And just what is significant about Knight Woolley? It's Walker, Bush, and Harriman on the boards of both w.A. Harriman and UBC; Woolley, despite his personal connection, is just an employee.


 * He was the director, and what he was given was one share in the company - this is not rocket science you know.--El magnifico 20:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

As for the POV, I think there's a weakness of emphasis. It does latch onto the Bush connection and let the Harriman family fade into the background. Walker must have been trusted by the Harriman family, but what could he and Precott Bush have done without the Harriman familiy knowing?


 * Article is not POV,imo. It seems to simply state facts. 64.229.28.95 11:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed statement about "the younger Bush" receiving a Naval pilot commission since it was obviously just thrown into the article and had nothing to do with anything. Plus the reference to "the younger Bush" is ambigious.--CReynolds 17:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Union Bank of Switzerland; UBS
Was there a corporate connection between the 2 ? 64.229.28.95 11:38, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

the date of the start of auschwitz
There is a dispute about the date of the start of auschwitz. The Auschwitz slave labor camp did exist before the nationalization of the Bush-Harriman assets. The infamous AuschwitzII camp was built a little later, construction began less than a year before the nationalization of the Bush-Harriman assets.

from the wiki page on auschwitz: Auschwitz I served as the administrative center for the whole complex. It was founded on May 20, 1940, on the basis of an old Polish brick army barracks.

The entrance to Auschwitz I was - and still is - marked with the sign "Arbeit Macht Frei", or "work makes you free." The camp's prisoners who left the camp during the day for construction or farm labour were made to march through the gate to the sounds of an orchestra. Contrary to what is depicted in several films, the majority of the Jews were imprisoned in the Auschwitz II camp, and did not pass under this sign.

and

Auschwitz II (Birkenau) is the camp that many people know simply as "Auschwitz". It was the site of imprisonment of hundreds of thousands, and of the killing of over one million people, mainly Jews, Poles, and Gypsies.

The Nazis established Auschwitz in April 1940 under the direction of Heinrich Himmler, chief of the SS (Schutzstaffel, armed forces of the Nazi Party NSDAP) and German police and Reich Minister of the Interior. The camp at Auschwitz originally housed political prisoners from occupied Poland and from concentration camps within Germany. Construction of nearby Birkenau (in Polish, Brzezinka), also known as Auschwitz II, began in October 1941

Who is the CLN Family??
from the article "Adolf Hitler's financiers, the CLN family, formed UBC to manage investments in America." I find nothing regarding the "CLN Family" in a google search. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.81.112.188 (talk) 06:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC).
 * Good catch. A long time ago that read Thyssen family but somebody vandalized it (and dozens of editors didn't notice it until you did). Thanks for bringing it up. -- Dhartung | Talk 10:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Factual Errors in this Article
The Union Banking Corporation article is full of factual errors and should be rewritten with rigorous Verifiability. I propose to begin the rewrite.

False: UBC Founded with George Herbert Walker as President
The article says that the UBC was founded with George Herbert Walker as President. This is incorrect according to my sources. Whether Walker later became president is easy to verify. Loclaro 23:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

The entire article has become a Bush COATRACK. UBC has no other notoriety other than Prescott Bush. It was, in fact, an extremely minor player in anything related to WW II, and if the name "Bush" were not in it, it would be deleted speedily. Collect (talk) 12:41, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I have the National Archives documents regarding the seizure of UBC and it turns out that it was seized because their liabilities were mostly to Bank voor Handel.Bank voor handel was a Dutch bank that was seized by the Third Reich when they invaded so the Treasury seized UBC assets that were technically Nazi property.The only reason to believe this makes Prescott Bush a Nazi is because some conspiracy theorist said so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsglop (talk • contribs) 01:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC) Dsglop: sources? (NPOV & RS works both ways, my friend)--218.248.78.35 (talk) 16:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You just asked me for my source even though I gave it.THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.191.236.24 (talk) 05:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * RS source show he was not even a founding director, much less President of the bank. Collect (talk) 11:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

NPOV
Regular editors of this article are displaying pretty blatant POV editing by excluding RS info and misrepresenting RS info in such a way as to give the impression that the activity of this company and Bush was commonplace and benign. Abbarocks (talk) 15:57, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * "fleshingoutskullandbones.com" is not RS. WaPo would be -- but link to the copyright pages, as otherwise we would violate strict WP rules. And Bush had 1/4000 of the shares.  Collect (talk) 10:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Disagree. This is not a book review and there is no reason given to claim the book is not RS. The claim to exclude the book and the Wash Post article seems to betray the desire to simply exclude the information within them.


 * I'd like to see what others have to say about this. Abbarocks (talk) 17:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * See WP:RS and WP:COPYRIGHT -- then find an actual non copyright violation source. Collect (talk) 19:09, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Attempt to limit sources
It makes no sense and is unacceptable behavior, for one contributor to repeatedly revert RSs, like fox news, which have published articles directly related to this company. Abbarocks (talk) 15:29, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Amazingly enough, the sources retained completely support the claims for which they are cites. Amazingly enough, every cite you add is about the Bush family specifically, which might cause a person to think the purpose was to make the article about the Bush family. Collect (talk) 21:36, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Since you don't seem to have read past the headlines of the sources, have a look at this bit from the fox news source you deleted

"Union Banking was owned by a Dutch bank, Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaardt N.V., which was "closely affiliated" with the German conglomerate United Steel Works, according to an Oct. 5, 1942, report from the federal Office of Alien Property Custodian. The Dutch bank and the steel firm were part of the business and financial empire of Thyssen and his brother, Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, the report said."

I don't see Bush's name there but there is information relevant to Union Banking Corp. Please stop wasting my time with blatantly and easily disproven false assertions. Abbarocks (talk) 03:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Try the "fleshingout" cite. The Guardian cite. The Fox cite. ALL prominently mention Bush. ALL. Each. No exceptions for the cites you wish to add. The cites which are NPOV which support what is actually in this article all remain. "^ "Documents: Bush's Grandfather Directed Bank Tied to Man Who Funded Hitler". FoxNews.com. .   "How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power". The Guardian. .  " Do you note the prominent "Bush's grandfather" in each? Did that elide your notice?  And my gosh "www.fleshingoutskullandbones.com/P.Bush-Union_Banking/grafx/thyssen.pdf" somehow looks like it is also based on the Bush name, does it not? WP has enough problems without adding clearly POV cites which are pure COATRACK to articles. Thabnks! Collect (talk) 12:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * RSs are more than a headline. You must realize that ? Abbarocks (talk) 18:47, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The sources which add NO information other than their connection with Bush would appear to have been chosen for that very rreason. The sources which back the claim in the article as has been true for some time now do not make any connection with Bush. Ergo -- the only logical reason for adding the new cites is to connect things with Bush. Collect (talk) 19:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Please read this
This quote is from the source in question: this is important encyclopedic info re: the subject bank which is not available on your approved sources. this makes no mention of Bush.
 * "Union Banking was owned by a Dutch bank, Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaardt N.V., which was "closely affiliated" with the German conglomerate United Steel Works, according to an Oct. 5, 1942, report from the federal Office of Alien Property Custodian. The Dutch bank and the steel firm were part of the business and financial empire of Thyssen and his brother, Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, the report said." Abbarocks (talk) 15:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * No relevance directly to the Union Banking Corp -- any more than saying FDR owned shares in GEM, which he did. You might be able to put it in the Thyssen article, though. And the Bush COATRACK still fails. Collect (talk) 16:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You have to be kidding? "Union Banking was owned by a Dutch bank,.." has no relevance to the Union Banking Corp.? I don't see how I can communicate with you at all if that is your position. Abbarocks (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Try the WP guidelines. "Guilt by association" charges are not looked upon with favor, which is what all of your attempted edits strive for. And edit summaries are NOT for making charges about editors. Thanks! Collect (talk) 11:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please explain your interpretation that "Union Banking was owned by a Dutch bank, Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaardt N.V." is guilt by association. Your comment seems is a Non sequitur. Abbarocks (talk) 15:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Absent a definition of "closely affiliated" we would tend to think that the bank was directly part of the steel cartel in Germany. As the Thyssen propertes were ALREADY expropriated by Hitler before 1941, this is "guilt by association." Unless, of course, you would like the full Thyssen story inserted into this article?  Glad to do it if that is what you want here. Collect (talk) 15:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * nonsense,imo. Abbarocks (talk) 10:32, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Try looking at how Talk pages arre supposed to be used. Collect (talk) 12:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Check out Patent nonsense, specifically "Content that, while apparently meaningful after a fashion, is so completely and irredeemably confused that no reasonable person can be expected to make any sense of it whatsoever." Such arguments on a talk page, like your "guilt by association" theory, which is based solely on your own imagination, can not be constructively addressed. Abbarocks (talk) 20:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You insisted on Thyssen being in the article. Therefore material directly connected with Thyssen should be in, or all of the Thyssen stuff should be out. Your choice. NO evidence of wrongdoing by the UBC was found, and its assets were returned after the war by the Alien Property Custodian. Trying to connect the bank to the Nazi war effort therefore are precisely "guilt by association." Thanks! Collect (talk) 21:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Noting your reverts -- you seem to think that your sole opinion is "consensus" which it is not. Either Tyssen is relevant -- in which case the facts about him are as well, or he is not. Collect (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * conversely, where is your consensus collect? another editor asked me about an rfc about you because of your hostile edit warring.  i suggested other options, but then decided to see what caused someone to make the request.  its obvious.  you are edit warring, here and elsewhere.  you mention consensus, but why not try to get others opinions before just reverting and reverting and ...?  if you are as right as you think you are shouldnt others support you?  for what its worth i would agree with including more info on this article than less.  if there is guilt by association i think it can be written in a way for the reader to make their own opinion.  how about just providing them with the facts?  dont delete them just because you think it makes a bush look bad.  whitewashing is never necessary- just put things in context and if he did nothing wrong it should be apparent.  lets all try to work together and not against each other.  Brendan19 (talk) 19:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * In this case, including all the Thyssen maerial is what you support. Thanks! Collect (talk) 19:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Whoever keeps reverting RS and sourced material without posting on Talk with a reason -- that is not a good course of action. Collect (talk) 02:35, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Having looked at this, I can say there's WP:WEIGHT question about these edits, either way. From my outlook, it may be that one editor is deleting too much and another is putting too much back in. Please talk about that here before carrying on with any back and forth, thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 12:23, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Collect, what is the minimum amount of Thyssen bio info that you would be comfortable with in This article about Union Banking Corporation? Abbarocks (talk) 15:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thyssen was in prison in Germany at the time, and had been an opponent of WWII. And that Hitler had expropriated all of his holdings. Simple enough? Collect (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That is far too much unrelated expansion into Thyssen bio material, imo. Abbarocks (talk) 17:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I propose that only the fact that Thyssen was in prison at that time (if it is RSed) needs to be included here. Abbarocks (talk) 17:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * And that his holding has PREVIOUSLY been expropriated, as that is relevant. By the way, talk here before doing all your reverts now. Collect (talk) 17:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

OR
I'm glad that we can have a civilized discourse now (btw,Collect, I'd appreciate no caps or bold type when talking to me). You may not have noticed that No original research includes the phrase "you must cite reliable sources that are directly related(bold is in the quote) to the topic of the article". I do not agree with you that expropriation of Thyssen's property is directly related to the topic. Abbarocks (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

The topic of the claim appears to be why UBC was seized. Therefore information pertinent to that is relevant. If the rationale for seizing in not relevant, than Thyssen is irrelevant as well. Collect (talk) 23:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Please provide that portion of the RS which says precisely "why UBC was seized."? I disagree that the only reason for incuding Thyssen is in that regard. Abbarocks (talk) 15:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * shows xecutive Order 9095. The Alien Property Custodian was established to take (amazingly enough) control of Alien Property.  "Any property, or interest therein, of any foreign country or a national thereof shall vest in the Alien Property Custodian whenever the Alien Property Custodian shall so direct; and, in the case of any property, or interest therein, subject to the control of the Secretary of the Treasury, when the Alien Property Custodian shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury in writing that he has so directed, the Secretary of the Treasury shall release all control of any such property, or interest therein, to the Alien Property Custodian."   This had at one point been properly cited. Collect (talk) 16:51, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You are conflating the expropriation by Hitler with that of the APC. The Expropriation by Hitler is not directly related at all. I will remove it. Abbarocks (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oops, I see it has already been removed. ok, then is there anything else here Collect? Abbarocks (talk) 20:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

original officers
The "Buchanan documents" have the actual list of the founders of Union Banking Corporation, which I figure is a sound source for the list. Collect (talk) 14:57, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Fritz Thyssen wasn't an owner of UBC
As I stated in an earlier section,I have the documents regarding the seizure of UBC and Fritz was not an owner of UBC directly or even through Bank voor Handel past 1936 at the latest.His brother Heinrich,who spent most of the war in Switzerland,took Bank voor Handel when the brothers split the family fortune and has no conection to Bush in any way.This whole thing is an attempt by conspiracy theorists to make it appear as though the Bush family is in on some sort of grand scheme to control the world which uses puppets like Hitler to make war and then profit from it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.191.236.24 (talk) 06:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

NPOV
Any page that cites the ADL as a reference, or quote, violates NPOV. The ADL has a terribly contentious & biased history as a propaganda factory. (unsigned)


 * The ADL is citable as a source for statements of the ADL. Collect (talk) 18:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Harriman's role in the UBC and in the post-war coverup of Nazi war crimes
This is a "non-Bush" angle on the UBC which brings up some new material of historical interest - such as the real reasons why the Nuremberg trials of IG Farben, Krupp and Thyssen-Flick - the three major industrial partners of the Nazis, who supplied explosives and fuel, armaments, and coal and steel to the Nazi war machine.

These three all had major corporate partners in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, and the while the UBC is just one, the close association with Brown Brothers Harriman means it was high up on the ladder, near the nexus of German & American robber baron cooperation, which also included people like the Dulles Brothers, Walter Teagle of Standard Oil, the DuPont family of corporations, General Motors, Ford, IBM - the list of U.S. corporate support for Nazi interests is shamefully long - and actually became one of the most tense issues behind the scenes at the Nuremberg Trials.

After the war, Averell Harriman, the past ambassador to the Soviet Union, as well as the older brother of Roland Harriman (a UBC director) insisted to Truman that the Soviets were the real threat, and that all German war crimes investigations should be put aside in favor of prosecuting the Cold War. As a result, the Soviets were able to use these facts to great propaganda advantage in Eastern Europe by claiming that the West was in bed with ex-Nazis (which was just true enough to work well as propaganda). —Preceding unsigned comment added by FrankOlson (talk • contribs) 17:48, 12 February 2010 (UTC)